Crooked politicians love crab cakes!

I recently posted an article about the 2013 Philadelphia Traffic Court fiasco, in which most of the Traffic Court judges were convicted of accepting bribes: According to the indictment, Perri accepted free auto services, towing, landscaping, and even a load of shrimp and crab cakes from Alfano, whose company, Century Motors, ran a towing service. (The Philadelphia Inquirer, Nine current and former Traffic Court judges charged; Martin, John P. and Craig R. McCoy; January 31, 2013) Then in 2024, John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty, an influential Philadelphia union boss, pled guilty to embezzlement and bribery, paid in part in, guess what? “Tomorrow, tell your mom and dad not to cook, I got crab cakes coming from the Palm,” Dougherty is heard telling her in a 2015 phone call recorded during the 16-month period that the FBI tapped his cell phone. (The Philadelphia Inquirer, For leader John Dougherty, union-paid generosity began at home; Fazollah, Mark, Dylan Purcell, Jeremy Roebuck, and Craig R.…